Whistleblower warns of “darkest winter” if Trump admin ignores science

Enlarge / Rick Bright, then-deputy assistant secretary for preparedness and response for Health and Human Services (HHS), speaks during a House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on Thursday, March 8, 2018. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg)

Whistleblower Rick Bright plans to tell Congress that "2020 will be the darkest winter in modern history" if the United States ignores warnings from scientists that it's too early to fully reopen the economy.

Bright, who led the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) until he says Trump administration officials forced him out of his position, is scheduled to testify tomorrow at a House hearing on the topic of "protecting scientific integrity in the COVID-19 response." Bright's written testimony was posted online today by the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health, which is holding the hearing.

Bright wrote:

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